Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1, CT
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1
Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1 serves about 32 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in New London County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: CT1210011; phone on file: 860-444-6844. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1 is 4.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 4.8 ppb |
How Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1 compares
Of the 493 Connecticut systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.8 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 49 have gone over at some point. Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Connecticut and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in New London County
82 other systems share New London County; 44 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich Public Utilities | 36,163 | 0 (not detected) |
| Groton Utilities | 30,200 | 1.1 ppb |
| New London Dept. Of Public Utilities | 27,620 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterford Wpca | 16,578 | 1.5 ppb |
| East Lyme Water & Sewer Commission | 15,245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aquarion-Mystic | 10,788 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jewett City Water Company | 6,840 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colchester Sewer & Water Commission | 4,020 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ctwc - Shoreline Region-Sound View | 3,397 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ledyard Wpca - Ledyard Center | 3,294 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Salem Manor Condominiums, System #1 whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.